Powerful Team USA roster on tap for London

7/3/2012

INDIANAPOLIS - Four reigning Olympic Champions and eight current world champions highlight the Team USA roster nominated to the U.S. Olympic Committee by USA Track & Field. A roster of 126 men and women stands ready represent the U.S. in track competition August 3 - 12 in London.

Members of Team USA unveil the USA uniform
(photo courtesy of Nike)

Notable for its depth across a range of events, the roster features 28 athletes - 16 men and 12 women - who already own individual world or Olympic gold medals. Nineteen are American record holders and one is a world record holder.

Amy Acuff is the veteran of the team, as she makes her fifth trip to the Olympics. This will also mark the fourth Olympic Games for Abdi Abdirahman, Bernard Lagat, Aretha Thurmond and Angelo Taylor. Both Acuff and Thurmond have been Olympians since the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Ashton Eaton owns the world record indoors in the heptathlon and set the outdoor decathlon world record in spectacular fashion at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

Team USA Olympic Roster
* Bold type indicates past World Outdoor or Olympic individual medalist
* Relay pools are composed of the 100m and 400m rosters, the athletes listed in each pool, plus any athlete already on the roster in any other event
* All nominations are pending approval by the USOC board of directors.